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Apple has unveiled the new ARM based SoC for its Mac line-up. It's a departure from the Intel processors and is said to provide a better overall experience to the end user thanks to cohesive working of both the hardware and software.

Based on the Apple November 10 event's live stream, three new Macs would debut soon and release fully to the market in the upcoming year. The new computers are as follows: MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac mini.

The M1 Chip would contribute three and a half times more power than its previous processor, which runs on Intel Core i5. Paired with a Solid-State Drive and a massive 16gb RAM, the MacBook Pro would deliver groundbreaking performance and speeds.

Apple notes that for the MacBook Pro, Apple's top-of-the-line version for laptops would be three times faster than computers with Intel's best-selling technology. The processor features 16 billion transistors and eight central processing cores.

Additionally, Apple's M1 chips would optimize battery use, particularly on the MacBook Air, which can achieve 15 hours of web browsing and 18 hours of video streaming on a full charge. Graphics on the computers would also be five times faster.

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However, one of the disadvantages of the M1 is its lack of support of eGPUs. While not a dealbreaker to many, some folks might consider it as a significant disadvantage compared to Intel Macs.

Apps for the iOS and macOS will now work seamlessly across the board. This means you can now run your favourite iOS app on the Mac. Good news for developers as well.

While the Air, Pro and Mini line-up has been unveiled, I think the real gains of the SoC could be seen in the iMac and Mac Pro line-up. I guess having dual M1 or even quads in the larger Macs would be .















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[srishiva]

They should have compared the performance with a i3 instead

The days of having a CPU which does everything is fast ending. Having dedicated co-processors/engines is the way to go and ARM can handle the generic processing that's required. Apple is clearly following this and since they design the SoC, they will derive great performance with optimised software for vector processing etc.

Dont think Intel will be worried much with the numbers that Apple does on laptops and desktops.

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Originally Posted by srishiva

Dont think Intel will be worried much with the numbers that Apple does on laptops and desktops.

Intel will be very worried in general. Apple does about 4B with Intel every year. That will shrink. However, Intel seems to have already lost the two most important battles in the datacenter and mobile devices. Nvidia and AMD are killing it in that space and Apple and qualcomm own the mobile space. The PC market is shrinking and I've no doubt that the Apple model will be copied by other PC manufacturers. The PC as we know it will be irrelevant for the mass market in a few years. Two major factors for this: Cloud and apps. People essentially want an ipad like experience on laptops and desktops. Think of a task and there's an app for it.